Raincoat



May 11, 1943. T. F. PLANT 2,319,085

RAINCOAT Filed Jan. 24, 1940- E i 5 j INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented May 11, 1943 UNITED STATES OF 2,319,085 RAINCOAII Thomas F. Plant; Mishawaka; Inch, assignor to United States Rubber Company, New York,

Y., a corporation of NewJcrsey ApplicationJ'anuar-y 24, 1940, Serial No. 815,363.

3' Claims.

This invention relates to a loose full. lined raincoat and the method of making same in which the parts of the fabric. forming. the outer shell are secured together with rubber bonded seams and the loose lining, consistingof a body portion and sleeves, are first sewed together in the usual manner and then secured in the shell with rubber bonded seams.

It has been the practice heretofore to secure full loose linings in raincoats with sewed seams, wherein the term full loose linings. as used herein refers to. a lining consisting of a body portion and sleeves, which are. so attached to the shell that the lining and shell may move in respect to each other at points intermediate the places of attachment. Such term further includes a body portion which extends at least across and below the shoulders, and having sleeve linings attached thereto. It is not practical to stitch the linings in raincoats without extending the stitches through the lining and shell so that the stitches are exposed on the outside of the shell and inside of the lining. Such sewed construction has certain disadvantages because the stitches when wet on the outside may produce a wicking action which may cause the water to come through from the outsidev to the inside. Furthermore, when the lining is sewed intoraincoats having shells made of rubber coated fabrics, the needle punctures the rubber coating and permits the water to seep through the holes.

In raincoats embodying the present invention the foregoing disadvantages are eliminated by an improved construction and method, wherein the edges of the body portion of the lining, the outer ends of the sleeves and the other portions of the lining, if desired, are attached to the outer shell with a rubber bond as hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an inside view of the raincoat embodying this invention, showing the sleeves turned inside out and one of the sleeves partially cut away;

Fig. 2 is a front full view of the raincoat; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are fragmentary sectional .views on lines 33 and 44 respectively of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, a raincoat I embodying this invention is shown in Fig. 2. v The outer shell H (Fig. 1) is preferably made from a fabric having an uncured rubber coating. The parts of the shell are assembled separately from the lining and are secured together with a vulcanizable rubber adhesive in the usual manner, excepting certain seams, into which portions of the edges of the lining aresubsequently inserted andibonded, arenot cemented down. 1 Suohuncemented seams are thefront facing seam. l2, the collar leaf seam l3, and the-sleeve hems M.

The lining l5 may be. made in the-usual. man= ner. As shown herein. the liningv I5 has. a. body portion 16 consisting. of an upper part. ll. and'a' lower part I8 which are sewed together alongaseam. l9. Thesleeves 2-0. are. sewed'to. the arm holes in the upper part ll along the seam 2|. One end 22 of each of theseveral short lengthsof liningsecuringtape-.23. is sewed to the. bottomhem 24 and tail slit, 250i. thelining. For thepurpose of attaching the. sleeve lining tov the. shell 1 Loneend 26 0f each of several short lengths, ofv lining securing tape 21 is sewed to the upturned edges 28 ofthe lower side of the. arm. 1101a lining seam 2l,.as.shown in Fig. 4. y

In order to insert the lining l5 inthe. shell I-l, the-shell is spread out. with its in'sideefacing upwardly as shown-in Fig. 1, 'exceptingthe-slfeeves are turned right. side out. The sleeves. 20 of, the lining l5 are then inserted withinthefslee es. 29 of the.- shell II. The vulcanizable. rubber adhesive used in cementing the parts. of the outer shell together permits the. cemented. seams. to. be opened up within a. short time after it is. applied andbefore it has been. vulcanized. This. permits.

the lower part of the armhole seam 30 in. theshell to be opened up, Whichis done, and' the ends 3| of the armhole lining tapes. 2'! are insertedin the opened up seam and'securedtherein with the vulcanizable rubber adhesive, asshown in Fig. 4. The body portion it of the lining I5 is then matched with the outer shell so that the upper edge 32 of the lining I5 extends underneath the inturned portion of the collar leaf 33, and the front edges 34 of the lining 15 extends underneath the front facings 35 ofthe shell H.

The bottom hem 36 and tail slit hem 31 of the shell H are then opened up opposite the tapes 23 and their ends 38 are inserted within the hems and secured therein with vulcanizable rubber cement. A loop 39 is made of a short length of doubled tape and the cut ends of the tape are secured in one of the tail slit hems in asimllar manner as the tapes 23, so that the looped end of the tape may be hooked over a button 40 to hold the tail slit together. The inturned margins of the collar leaf 32 and the front facings 35 are then cemented to the upper edge 32 and the front edges 34 of the lining along the seams l3 and II, respectively, with the vulcanizable rubber cement. The lower edge 42 of the sleeve lining 2O is inserted within the hem M of the sleeve 29 of the outer shell I l and is cemented thereto.

Both sides of the margins of the lining l along the top and front edges 32 and 34, respectively, and the lower edges 42 of the sleeve linings may be cemented to the fabric of the shell H and the overlapping portions of the shell fabric forming the hems along these edges may be cemented together. Where the layers of shell fabric are doubled and the adjacent surfaces are bonded together, the doubled part is rendered less flexible. For the purpose of reducing the stiffness in these doubled parts, the union of their surfaces, excepting to one side of the lining only, may be prevented by applying an adhesion preventing substance, such as talc or a liner to the doubled surfaces not desired to be united. Such substances may be removed after the coat is vulcanized. It is particularly desirable not to bond together the fabric of the shell in the facings 35, so that this part of the coat will be flexible. In which case, referring to Fig. 3; the outside surface 44 only ofthe lining I5 is adhered to the facing 35 of the shell l5 and the remaining portion of the surfaces of the doubled shell fabric in the facing 35 are treated with an adhesion preventing substance and are not bonded together.

The raincoat assembled in either way is placed on a.- form in the-usual manner and all of the rubber portions of the coat, including the unvulfcanized rubber coating on the fabric and the rubber cemented'seams are then vulcanized in the usual vulcanizer. After the raincoat has been vulcanized, the front and sleeve buttons 43 may be applied.

" While this invention has been described in detail it will be understood that changes may "be made in the construction and method of making same as disclosed herein, and it is desired'to protect the invention as broadly as "permitted by the prior art and as covered by the scope of the appended claims. 7

""Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: l.- A raincoat comprising an outer shell made of rubber coated water-proof fabric havingall 'outside seams united entirely with a rubber bond,

a full loose lining of textile fabric secured in 'said shell, said lining having a body portion and sleeves, said body portion having its front and top margins secured only with a rubber bond 2,319,085 to the inside face of the margins of the turned in front facing of said shell and to the inside face of the turned in collar leaf of said shell, respectively, said sleeve linings having their inner ends secured to the outer shell by short lengths of tape secured at one of their ends to said inner ends of said sleeve linings and adhered at the other of their ends to said outer shell, and said sleeve linings having the margins of their outer ends secured only with a rubber bond to the turned. in hem of said shell fabric.

2. A raincoat comprising an outer shell made of rubber coated water-proof fabric having all seams united entirely with a rubber bond, a full loose lining'of textile fabric secured in said shell, said lining having a body portion and sleeves. said body portion having its front and top margins secured only with a rubber bond to the inside face of the margins of the turned in front facing of said shell and to the inside face of the turned in collar leaf of said shell, respectively, said sleeve linings having the margins of their outer ends secured only with a rubber bond to the inside face of the turned in hem of the sleeve of said shellfabric, and the bottom edge of the body portion of said lining and the inner ends of said sleeve linings being secured by short lengths of tape to said shell, said tapes having one end stitched to said lining and the other end bonded with rubber to the inside of said shell.

3. The method of making a raincoat having all seams vulcanized together and a full lining adhered therein, said method comprising the steps of cementing the unvulcanized rubber coat- 'ed parts of the outer shell together, making a separate lining including a body portion and sleeves, inserting the lining in the shell, so that the top edge of the lining is placed between the bottom margin of the inturned collar leaf and the outer fabric of the shell, and the front margins of the body portion of the lining are placed between the inturned front facings of the outer shell and the outer layer of the shell fabric, and the lower ends of the lining sleeves are placed within the inturned sleeve hem of the outer shell, cementing the overlapping portions ofthe lining and the shell together, and then vulcanizing the assembled raincoat so as to vulcanize the rubber coated parts and the seam joints.

THOMAS F. PLANT. 

